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Straw
dogs
[videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Sam Peckinpah.
Criterion Collection, 2017.
Call #:
DVD STR Thr
Subjects
Rape victims -- Drama.
Series
Criterion collection 182.
ISBN:
9781681433288
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Edition:
Two-DVD special ed.
Description:
2 videodiscs (118 min.) : Dolby digital mono sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies ; Mantrap: “Straw
Dogs
" -- the final cut, a 2003 documentary about the making of the film, featuring cast and crew ; Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron, a 1993 documentary about the director featuring actors Kris Kristofferson, Jason Robards, Ali MacGraw, and many others ; new conversation between film critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, who worked as one of the editors on the film New interview with film scholar Linda Williams about the controversies surrounding the film ; archival interviews with actor Susan George, producer Daniel Melnick, and Peckinpah biographer Garner Simmons ; Behind-the-scenes footage ; TV spots and trailers ; PLUS: An essay by scholar and critic Joshua Clover.
A UK/USA co-production.
Home use only.
English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Production:
ABC Pictures Corporation presents ; screenplay, David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; Producer, Daniel Melnick ; Director, Sam Peckinpah.
Performers:
Dustin Hoffman with Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, David Warner, Colin Welland and Cherina Mann.
Summary:
"A young American mathematician, David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman), and his English wife, Amy (Susan George), move to a Cornish village, seeking the quiet life. But beneath the seemingly peaceful isolation of the pastoral village lies a savagery and violence that threatens to destroy the couple, culminating in a brutal test of Sumner's manhood and a bloody battle to the death. One of the most controversial films ever made, Sam Peckinpah's
Straw
Dogs
is a harrowing and masterful investigation of masculinity and the nature of violence."--Container (Criterion Collection ed.)
Genre:
British films.
Crime films.
Psychological thriller films.
Revenge films.
Cult films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Peckinpah, Sam, 1925-1984.
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-
George, Susan, 1950-
Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016
McKenna, T. P., 1929-2011.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Holds:
2
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Alderney Gate Public Library
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DVD STR Thr
Adult Dvds-7 Days-Restricted
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